Word: meannesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...majority suggests a mean-spirited and narrowly thought-out solution to issues raised by a non-criminal 23-year-old. Uncharacteristically, the majority has opted for the ignorant and ineffective response of punishing the messenger for the severity of his message...
...course, we have already heard calls from Morris' associates for leniency. "RTM" (as Morris cleverly dubbed himself), didn't mean to do it, and his virus went awry due to a programming error, say his friends. Other friendly theories propose that Morris was just trying to prove something to his father, a computer scientist with the top-secret National Security Agency, or (get this) he was trying to perform a public benefit by showing how vulnerable the nation's computer systems are. One friend even says the virus will turn to Morris' profit, as his notoriety attracts hundreds of lucrative...
...really made Ferdinand and Imelda tick. What drove them to accumulate billions they could never have spent in three lifetimes? What possessed her to buy those infamous closetsful of unworn shoes? Still, the author does persuade us that his subjects, Ferdinand in particular, were paradigmatically venal. Lyndon Johnson, no mean connoisseur of cads, may serve as final witness. After one encounter with the self- glorifying Marcos, L.B.J. called in Assistant Secretary of State William Bundy and warned, "If you ever bring that son of a bitch within 50 miles of me again, I'll have your...
...What do you mean, a doctor...
Intangibles: Beating Penn would be a feather in the Crimson's battered cap. It would mean, as running back Jim Reidy said last week, that the Crimson belonged in the title hunt this year. Last time Harvard travelled to Philadelphia, it fell, 17-10, with a mediocre team. That Penn team went on to post a 10-0 record. Is another close game in the works...